The former Boulder DUI officer arrested on suspicion of driving drunk in Thornton last year was sentenced to 10 days of electronic home monitoring and one year of probation after taking a plea deal today, according to Adams County District Court officials.

Elizabeth Ward, 46, also was fined $400 and ordered to perform 24 hours of community service. She pleaded guilty to one count of DUI with a blood alcohol level of more than 0.2.

Court officials say tests show Ward had a blood-alcohol level of 0.288 -- more than three times the legal limit.

Ward, who was the Boulder Police Department's DUI officer at the time, was spotted by an off-duty Arvada police officer weaving on Interstate 25 in Thornton on Dec. 4, police said.

By the time an on-duty Thornton officer reached Ward, she had pulled off onto the side of the road on her own, according to police.

When asked why she had pulled over, Ward said, "I'm drunk," and the officer noted an odor of alcohol and that Ward's speech was slurred and her eyes were bloodshot, according to a police report.

When she exited the car to perform a roadside sobriety test, officers noted she had a hard time standing up and eventually declined to perform the maneuvers.

Ward resigned earlier this year after the Boulder Police Department opened a personnel investigation.

Ward is the second former Boulder police officer to take a plea deal in a DUI case this year.

Scott Morris, 40, pleaded guilty in March to driving while ability impaired and prohibited use of a weapon.

He was sentenced to a six-month deferred sentence for the weapons charge and 12 months probation for the DWAI. He also was given a five-day suspended jail sentence, which he will only serve if he violates the terms of his probation.

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